Two hundred thousand graduates have been hired by the Federal Government as part of the N-Power Volunteer Corps which will ultimately engage 500,000 graduates.
The Nation reports that Those engaged will resume on December 1 in the states where they will be deployed.
The new employees are distributed as follows: 150,000 as teachers, 30,000 to work in the agriculture sector and 20,000 in healthcare delivery. They will cover three specific programme assignments, according to the Presidency.
According to Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, they were employed two weeks ago and their names have been sent to states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where they will be deployed to their specific assignments.
The names will be published this week on the N-Power internet portal. They are expected to start receiving SMS messages informing them of their selection as from today.
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